早安英文 第411期:与老外打交道必知的英文缩写

 　　BRB = be right back 马上回来

　　BTW = by the way 顺便提一下

　　2，4，B，U，Y = two，for，be，you，why

　　TTYL = Talk To You Later

　　Often times when people are texting to save time they shorten¹ the words. we'll talk about some today.

　　大家经常为了省时间用缩写，今天我们就要聊聊这个。

　　It's used when you have to do something real quick but don't want to end the conversation.

　　当你真的不得不要去做另外一件事情，但是又不想结束现在的对话的时候就可以用啦。

　　It means² 'by the way' we use it when we are maybe changing a subject or have to inform someone of something.

　　BTW和by the way意思一样，想换一个话题或者要告诉别人一个什么事情的时候可以用。

　　Actually after someone send TTYL to you, but they won't really talk to you later.

　　一般别人给你发了TTYL后，他们不会真的等下还回来和你聊。

1 shorten   

vt.弄短，缩小，减少

参考例句：

• Minor accidents can shorten the life of a car.小事故会缩短汽车寿命。
• My dress is too long I must shorten it.我的连衣裙太长了，我得把它截短些。

2 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。